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tipo "ninho"

English translation: spaghetti nest

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Portuguese term or phrase: tipo \"ninho\"
English translation:spaghetti nest
Entered by: Bett

12:29 Feb 4, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / tipes of pasta
Portuguese term or phrase: tipo "ninho"
1 pacote de macarrão XXXXX tipo Ninho (500g)

it is a cook book
Bett
Local time: 07:43
spaghetti nest
Explanation:
Spaghetti nest (close-up)
Caption, Spaghetti nest (close-up). Status, Available immediately ... nest][Pasta nests][Pasta type][Pasta types][Raw][Royalty free][Shining through][Soft ...
www.nordicphotos.com/EN/Details/6724898

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-02-04 12:38:46 GMT)
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 06:43
Grading comment
thank you all for the excellent suggestions
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4spaghetti nest
Marlene Curtis
4 +1bird's nest pasta
Nick Taylor
4spaghettini
Adriana Maciel
3 +1pasta nests
Claudio Mazotti
4(egg) noodles
Juliet Attwater


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
spaghettini


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pasta

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 07:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
spaghetti nest


Explanation:
Spaghetti nest (close-up)
Caption, Spaghetti nest (close-up). Status, Available immediately ... nest][Pasta nests][Pasta type][Pasta types][Raw][Royalty free][Shining through][Soft ...
www.nordicphotos.com/EN/Details/6724898

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-02-04 12:38:46 GMT)
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http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=gsih&xhr=t&q=photos of s...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 76
Grading comment
thank you all for the excellent suggestions

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Robertson
7 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  coolbrowne
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Patricia Lyra: You can also call it "spaghetti a matassa": http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/pastas/glossary8.asp
3 hrs
  -> Grata!
agree  connie leite
9 hrs
  -> Grata!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pasta nests


Explanation:
I prefer to use pasta nest because its shape may refer to spagheti, tagliatelle

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  coolbrowne: One's personal preference doesn't change what is actually used in English speaking countries / The exact opposite: it is not I who presumes to have one's personal preference override actual use.
1 hr
  -> how can a person be so arrogant, prepotent???!!!
neutral  Rita Pang: Coolbrowne is right though. we are translating not interpreting what we think the word should mean.
10 hrs
  -> no comments!
agree  T o b i a s: Going out on a limb here, and based on what's available in Brazil, several types of pasta are sold (and marked 'ninho') in the 'nest' format (including tagliatelli, etc.)
1 day 2 hrs
  -> tks a lot!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bird's nest pasta


Explanation:
bird's nest pasta

Nick Taylor
Local time: 11:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Douglas Bissell
2 hrs
  -> thanks Douglas
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(egg) noodles


Explanation:
what i used to buy in brazil called ninho when i lived there is the same as the egg noodles i buy now in london.

Juliet Attwater
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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